Food-cooler.



C. G. BEWLEY.

FOOD 000w APPLICATION FILED JULY 6. 1918.

1,293,005. Patented Feb. 4,1919

f F a AV/ /AV AW p IN V EN TOR 0mg Q EeWZe y BY zwwwmm .tuclo may be formed of any porous "material CLA'lIDE G. BEW'LEY, SE'OIZANEA WASHINGTON.

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loniiiieralure by the resulting oxiupoi utiou.

More specifically my invention consists ol? a receptacle, formed of Cour-Toto or lil-zo porous material and adapted to receive 2L quantity of valor in the lower portion thereof.

A further feature consists in providing a porous article support which. is inuintuinoil above (he u'utor lovol and which is provided 'Witlra 'poroiis nojoction depending into the Wal'or So us lo nniiutflin 'lho zu-lsiclo sup port constantly inoisl as long tho supply of water intact.

Other features of the invonlion will 'bmore fullydoszribml in ci'ninoction with accompanying droning. and will he 3K1 n-u particularly pointeal out in M1671 by the pended claims.

In the drawing, 1 have shown :1 wortioai sectionulyiow of i cooler embodying my in volition.

-As illustrated, i designates lho boll n 'ull of the rocoptarlo which "is f I'Xllfitl intogrzil with. anfuprig'hl; wall T o moosuch us would initiate and sustain capillary all nation but I. prefer to make the rvoupl'iaclo wholly of conoioto and oxtroinol porous ll'n-ouglioun tho onlaiio ctr-us of lho bottom niul tho upright Walls 'lhuv iniruu'lmico of lihi {on'luro iiy lo n'p'gj ro iu ml hocauss of *5 Q5111 not only nmho tho onbiro suuxolxuro single ini hum of porous malarial, saving: time. in propurr-ition of l f I can u so niolil the receptacle niixturm thui'ohy so? 1 preferably thick to upright Wall to 390mm ii'loogo or shou 4: which is conveniently located sli aho o the maximinn level, i shouldr or support, is mounted on :iirliclo support '6 which is preferably of porow lerizil uni which E intend 0 muko oi: concrete. It will. he understood that very porous no iidr i '1 S ecificncion of Letters Patent. p

provide lho porous url'icle support, C-

Application r11 9 July 6. 1918 Serial No. 243 651.

coin-so vonvrolo 'unloss \h-r nhullino; wI m uro smoothed. will not. susiuin llio zu' lflll oi? 'illlllllll' :ulniol'iou across ujuurturo sixth as {ho poinl of ronluol 7 liolwoon the :llllllk support. i (S and tho shoulder 'lliorolorlu if, is =1 foul; 1-0 of my invention to with n proioi-izion R. liliowiso of porous niul'vrial, uml ol? sullioionl. length to extoinl Llou'ir uni-ill) into llio \rnlior 21Iltl, lll!3l0l) inil'into mipillury nth-notion l0 inuinluin tho urtiolu support in u noist (lump condition. Sulliuhlo air-holes 9, may ho provided in Slllll support (3. il llUlfGlllOTQ, zinyl'hinp; resting; upon the support 6 which would require or ho honoliloll hr u susluinml supply of inoislure couhl ho maintained in :1 healthy un l honolioiul ooni'liiion.

.l suit-able lid ll; covoi" tho lop of i-optuolo and may h:- piroviilocl with \onl ll In UlLlOi lo lnuinluin tho lho 11 on u ir in. u inoisl roiuliliou, l ii'ilerposo u gusliol of soil lnlluio, 11 ii'ulil' (l all 1 to permit iho moisturul carried by the upright wall 3 in puss into lllll sulurulo the llll l-J. This i oil tho uvoiils lho UpLllllUIl ol' mp wall :2 or ill-1'; hotloni porlion of iho licl ul l otherwise moot the upper l iliu'ull lily soon lliul if rho holu 3 hit wall 2 are or :s inrlii 14. This Wu;

of i ol' lho non-moi'ullio 1- -11 lo zippiionl ul ii u proofing will inoi rho lhu lo'xizuro oi? rouop'tuolo iusol'l. are found i that min in iiul ho rec'cpmclo mil;-

u'nlor-pmolizig tho holloni of will i, l by providing iho thickened low-iii:

' and through which water may be poured to fill the receptacle up to the desired level, the dotted line 19 indicating such level. When the water in the cup 18 descends so that it cannot be observed, then the user knows that the water has been utilized so that it is below the maximum level.

It will 110w be clear that I have provided a cooler which is very effective in action and which can be manufactured so cheaply as to be within the reach of. a very large class of people who are unable to provide themselves with ice.

It is believed the advantages and utility of my invention will be clearly understood by the foregoing description, and while I have herein shown and described the same in connection with the specific form shown, I do not wish to be limited thereto except for such limitations as the claims may import.

I claim:

1. In a food or like cooler, a one piece receptacle of concrete or like porous material having a water chamber in its bottom wherepoint approximately to the level of the water to be contained in said receptacle whereby the remainder of the cross-section of the upright wall will be free to draw the water upwardly therein and promote evaporation interiorly of said cooler, substantially as described.

2. In a food or like cooler, a. receptacle formed of a porous material and adapted to contain a quantity of water in the bottom thereof for capillary movement of the water upwardly through the walls thereof to cool the interior, a porous food support in said receptacle above the water level therein, and said support having a porous portion projecting downwardly into the water to render said porous support damp, substantially as descrlbed.

3. In a device of the character described, a receptacle containing a body of Water, a porous su portin member disposed above the water level an( having a projection of porous material extending therefrom into the water to maintain said porous support damp and moist, substantially as described.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I hereby affix my signature.

CLAUDE G. BEWLEY. 

